MGSV:TPP Tutorials and Guides

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

The tutorial section involves a sequence of small tasks, so do as follows:

• Open the iDroid, close it after Ocellot says -“…first priority.”
• Open the Int-scope and aim at the village ASAP.
• Press the radio button after Ocellot says -“I’ll tell you anything I can about it.”
• Place a marker on the village and close the iDroid.

Ride D-Horse to Da Ghwandai Khar. In the town ride D-Horse all the way to the main building, where Miller is. Get off D-Horse, shoot the 1 guard next to the building and 1 through the window, inside. Get through the window, rescue Miller and get on D-Horse. Move towards the LZ, buffering the Phantom Cigar on the way. Get off of D-horse after you hear a sound cue. Get back on D-Horse and trigger the chopper cutscene. After the cutscene, turn around horse and shoot at the skulls. Ride to the actual LZ, you can ignore skulls completely. Get off of D-Horse as close to the chopper as you can, while keeping it far enough so Pequod can land. Get Miller into the chopper with you, obvously.

Example by WizardHwK - Note: Shooting the guard at the start is not mandatory and is discouraged in full game runs, as it can cost you a lot of time if you fail to execute it. Although this is a IL the same route can be used in full runs.

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Start quick diving towards Ocelot ASAP (you're forced to walk in this section). Skip the cutscene and fulton 3 guards. Open your iDroid and staff management tab. Wait for Ocellot's cue and mash back, then select the R&D tab, mashing select (K+M left click & spacebar) to develop the C.Box and drop it in. You can perform a dialog skip by shooting Ocellot before you get in to box, it can be a bit finicky to perform it at first. Wait until you can call in the chopper and leave.

Example by MetsaMetsa - Note: The use of the Phantom Cigar at the start is not required and it's slower than the normal strat.

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Q: “Why C2W?” A: It's faster than Over the Fence.

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up + Chain Up] Deploy at 1800

Develop a Sniper rifle, get on D-horse and ride to the Eastern Communications Post. Buffer the Phantom Cigar on the way. At the comms post, throw a grenade inside the building with the central communications unit. Exit hot zone, you'll know when you're out when you hear a sound cue, and get off D-horse as the alert ends to fast forward to the score screen.

After, or in, C2W develop:

• RENOV-ICKX SR (Grade 1)
• C-4 (Grade 1)

From Free Roam, Return to ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa (with Phantom Cigar)

Example by Steg DarkHorse (no Phantom Cigar)

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Episode 2 + Down] Deploy at 1800 and remember to equip the sniper rifle.

Ride to the sniping spot, kill the target and leave (ez).

From Free Roam, Return to ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Start ASAP

Ride all the way to Da Smasei Laman. Go through the caves to the Honey Bee, shoot guards on the way if you deem necessary. After you get the Honey Bee, ride out of the caves with D-Horse, equipping the NV-Goggles and the Honey Bee on the way out. Skip the cutscenes and, when you gain control of Snake, turn around and aim at the stairs. Keep shooting until all Skulls are dead. Destroy the anti air radar and, after Miller says he'll call in Pequod, open your iDroid and select the closes LZ. Buffer the Phantom Cigar and stop it after Pequod arives. Develop C4.

Episode 8 strat is roughly 40~45 seconds faster by itself compared to Episode 10, and it potentially saves time on medical platform. You can still do Episode 10 instead of 8 if you want to play it safe as Episode 8 is really risky.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up + Chain Up (x2)] Deploy ASAP

Cigar Buffer and call pickup on the nearby LZ. Jump down and place all your C4 on the road. Get into a better spot and cigar. Use C4 to blowup the first tank, get in the chopper and use the minigun to take out the remaining targets. Shoot at the target in passenger seat of the truck and take out last tank.

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800

Call in chopper to the extraction point. Ride to the jeep. Stay hidden until you go past the jeep, hijack the jeep and ride to the LZ. Get Malak on the chopper and leave.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Land on northern LZ

Place three C4 charges on the road, use the Phantom Cigar and blow up the C4 after the APC cancel your cigar. Get on the side of the road closer to LZ, cigar again and stop it when you see 1:00 on the timer. Timer should end right as cigar ends. There is a prisoner transport driving towards you with guaranteed A+ R&D prisoner. Shoot 2 wheels with RENOV and fulton the prisoner. Leave towards north.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Ride towards Serak Power Plant. Pick up 100 Common metals from a house on the way. Extract the guards on the outpost before Serak Power Plant and get 200 common metals and 200 fuel resources. After materials are extracted do following menus:

• R&D and Support Units to level 6
• Develop Chopper level 2
• R&D Unit to level 7
• Develop the Smoke Grenade, FAKEL and Grade 2 Tranq. Pistol.
• Base Development Unit to 9, if possible, to make the medical platform timer shorter.

Go to Serak power plant and get the invoice and return to ACC. In the ACC you can upgrade the chopper to grade 2, it saves a bit of menuing later on.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up + Chain Up (x4)] Deploy at 1800

There's no nedd to checkpoint after chopper skipping, its actually good that we don't, because now we're just waiting for the medical platform timer. Chopper skip will place you out of bounds so get in bounds and call D-Horse. Ride to Wialo Village and use the Phantom Cigar until 22:20. Tranquile the soldiers near the meeting spot. Get in the meeting spot and shoot the at the three commanders with the FAKEL. Pick up 200 common metals and leave the hot zone.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Episode 2 + Down] Remember to bring the smoke grenades.

Run towards the Delivery point, no need to checkpoint as you should have time to spare. Grab 200 common metals inside the building and get the invoice on the delivery point. Get in a box an keep checking out the medical platform timer. Try to see when the minutes change so you know when medical platform will be done. Fast travel to Serak Power Plant when it's done. At the power plant, don't get spotted. Get on a jeep that's parked near the start of Hellbound.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Tranquilize the guard outside the gate. Throw a smoke in to the jeep and drive. The smoke won’t hide you from the gunship, but it prevents you from taking too much damage from the soldiers. Drive along the road taking the path shown in the vod. Before the container with the 3 guards, use the smoke trick again. Use another smoke near the base camp and drive to Emmerich’s “lab”.

After the cutscene reset from checkpoint, call the chopper to nearby LZ and use a phantom cigar before Miller calls you on radio. Get Emmerich on the jeep, throw another smoke and drive to LZ (This smoke is optional). Skip cutscene and put Emmerich back into the jeep, throw another smoke in and drive through Sahelanthropus to the LZ. Wait for the chopper to land and get in. You can save some time here by automatically ordering staff. Use the minigun to shoot down the drones Sally releases, and shoot at Sally (Bonus swag if you “tranquilize” Sahelanthropus).

Fast Mother Base Exit to Episode 2

Example by MetsaMetsa with Pitch Dark Warp and Soldier Pickup Warp

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Equip the FAKEL and Deploy ASAP

Important Menuing:

• Level up the Support Unit to level 9.
• Place a marker for exiting mission (A in the image on the right)

Call in D-Horse and ride through the forest area. Ride through the village using the FAKEL to take out guards in your way. After you pass trough the village call in a bombardment on the oil separator tank and Perform the Pitch Dark Warp, if possible. After black screen, either, call for D-Horse and head to the start of episode 14 or, perform the Soldier Pickup Warp.

If you fail to perform Pitch Dark Warp you can wait for the bombardment to destoy the oil separator tank, that will warp you near the oilfield. You'll need to infiltrate the oilfield and shutdown the transfer pump. After that you can try and perform the Soldier Pickup Warp or ride to the start of episode 14.

On Free Roam, Select Episode 14 and ride D-Horse to the starting point or, if you've exited the mission by Soldier Pickup Warp, return to the ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa (With chopper skip)

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (No chopper skip)

If you've exited Pitch Dark via Soldier Pickup Warp: Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800

Ride to the target, deal with the guard, Fulton the Viscount and exit the hot zone.

From Free Roam, Return to ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa (With D-Horse)

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (With D-Walker)

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800 with D-Horse (you can deploy with D-Walker)

Before checkpointing, quickly place a 'exit' marker to west of you (optional). Call D-Horse and use the route shown in the vídeo. After reaching the hill near Ditadi Abandoned Village, get out of D-Horse, open your iDroid and call in a bombardment on either Walker Gears, then perform a cigar buffer and open your iDroid again. You'll need to wait until the 1rt strike completes and then call another strike on the remaining Walker Gears. Ride out of the zone towards the marker you placed earlier (or just eye-ball it).

On Free Roam, Select Episode 16 and ride D-Horse to the starting point.

Example by MetsaMetsa (D-Horse strat)

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (D-Walker strat)

Ride towards airfield and destroy the gate with the FAKEL, or run it over with D-Walker. Get up the stairs without getting spotted and tranquilize the guards near the truck. Get to the C4 spot, and put a full stack of C4 down. After placing the C4, run to the truck. Skip the cutscene and look at where you've planted the C4. After all 4 skulls jump near the C4, use the FAKEL to detonate the C4. Drive the truck out of hot zone.

From Free Roam, Return to ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy ASAP

Ride to the 1st target and Fulton him, get to the 2nd target and take him with you out of the mission area towards Bampeve Plantation.

On Free Roam, Select Episode 18 and ride D-walker to the northern starting point even if it’s further away from you.

Example by MetsaMetsa (With Soldier Pickup Warp)

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (No Soldier Pickup Warp/ Safer strat)

Call for pickup on the LZ at Kungenga Mine. Snipe the 1st target with the FAKEL, or sniper, from the start. Ride D-walker towards the mine, don't fear the tank seeing you on the way. Before the mine you can call in an airstrike on the anti air radar (setup for riskier strat). Ride into the mine all the way to the backdoor (refer to VOD for path). Destroy the guard tower and open the door with the FAKEL. Call the chopper to the nearby LZ (if you've destroyed the anti air radar) and run to the kids.

After the cutscene, get the disable kid and tranquilize at least one of them:

• Run to the front door, try not to get spotted. Tranquiliza a guard near some wood planks. Get the disabled kid on chopper. Perform a Pickup Warp with the soldier you've tranquilized near the wood planks (risky strat with Pickup Warp strat).
• Run to the front door, avoid getting spotted like the plague. Get on the chopper, use the minigun to kill as many soldiers as possible and destroy the enemy gunship (risky strat without Soldier Pickup).
• Run to the back door. Get on D-Walker and run to the LZ with the kid. Burst to the front gates of the mine in a slight angel, this should get you through. Get on the chopper and destroy the enemy gunship, if needed (safer strat).

Example by MetsaMetsa (Chopper skip)

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (No chopper skip)

Choose the Eastern LZ and Deploy at 1800

Place a marker for your airstrike location while in the chopper. You can buffer the Phantom Cigar while still in the chopper and hold the radio button (Q on K+M) to keep it buffered before getting on D-Walker. Ride towards marker and about ~600 meters away from it, call a airstrike on it. Continue towards it and get off D-walker at about 300 meters away from the marker.

Fast Mother Base Exit to Episode 2.

(WIP) Ride D-Walker to where the Major really is, passing trough a outpost on the way and purpously getting a alert. When you're near the SW outpost, call in a bombardment on the outpost and use the Phantom Cigar. That should destroy the enemy gunship and kill the Major.

Fast Mother Base Exit to Episode 2.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800

Manipulate D-Walker's spawn with the camera. Ride D-Walker to the valley. Get off D-Walker, dive under the log and run to the tunnel. Call D-walker halfway through the tunnel, it should spawn on the other side. Shoot the gate open by blowing up the barrel next to it with sniper, or with the FAKEL. Ride D-Walker and leave him next to the door to the Devil's House. Run in and use the FAKEL, or sniper, to kill the first body, removing the cutscene trigger. Run to Shabani and, after the black screen, skip the cutscene.

Run outside and get onto D-walker. Ride to the pool, positioning yourself near the end of a tree trunk that's in the pool, and manipulate the Man on Fire’s teleport position, so he spawns next to the pool. After a moment fire pillar will appear. The Third Child will appear too, revealing where the Man on Fire will spawn. Move into position so when you run over him with D-walker he falls into the water. If you hear him screen, that means you're good. Ride out through the tunnel.

Leave Mother Base by chopper and Level up R&D Unit to level 13. Develop the GROM rocket launcher, Gatling Gun for D-Walker and level up the Support Unit to at least level 9. Equip the Gatling Gun before at least before Episode 23 (White Mamba).

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Equip the GROM and Deploy at 0600

Get to a sniping position and shoot the target through the closed window with the GROM, this should kill the target. Before leaving use the Phantom Cigar to get the emergency mission call, after you hear the warning leave the hot zone. If you don’t get the emergency mission you will probably softlock, if the R&D platform is not done yet.

On Mother Base, after the battle gear cutscene, select Episode 22.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Run to the far end of the helipad, aim up at the air conditioning unit and shoot it with the GROM or FAKEL to kill Mosquito.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800

Ride to the ship where Eli is, doing a detour trough the left from where you start the mission. Go up the ladder on the side of the ship, run along the right side of it, crouch walk before the corner to avoid being detected and use the dumpster to climb to the upper level. Get ready to tranquilize Eli as he steps out on the left side from your POV. Pick him up and run to LZ.

Fast Mother Base Exit to Episode 22.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800

Ride D-Walker towards the village, to the jeep. Use the smoke trick and ride to where the militants’ XO is being weld hostage. Tranquilize the child soldiers and get both, the militants’ XO and the child's commander on the jeep and exit the hot zone.

From Free Roam, Return to ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (No chopper skip)

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up + Chain Up] Deploy at 1800

Ride D-walker through the narrow valley. Take a slight detour to the left, get to the target tent and knock the 3 guards down with D-walker. Fulton both targets and ride out of the hot zone. The small 'pocket' out of hot zone space neara the guarp post isn’t large enough, so avoiding combat alerts is important.

There's a safer strat. Instead of running over the guards near the tent with D-Walker you can simply shoot them at a safe distance.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (Easier strat)

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800

Timing is key as you’re trying to hit a moving target with a airstrike. Ride closer, call in airstrike and get to a position that is close enough to the target but still outside the hot zone, or close to the edge.

If you're not confident with airstrikes you can just ride to the target and kill him with D-Walker's Gatling Gun. The exit the hot zone.

From Free Roam, Return to ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy ASAP

Ride to the target, pick him up and ride out of mission area with him.

From Free Roam, Return to ACC.

Example by MetsaMetsa (With D-Horse Clip)

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid (D-Walker strat)

Chopper skip [Prologue + Up] Deploy at 1800/ ASAP with D-Horse (faster) or D-Walker (slower)

D-Walker - There’s a few ways you can deal with the skull effectively, you can either just drive through the area and hit the skulls with D-Walker's Gatling Gun, or you can use the smoke trick on D-Walker and go straight to the mansion.

D-Horse - The fastests way. Ride D-Horse with the Fakel in hand and shoot the closes Skull as soon as it appears. Ride to the mansion avoiding the Skulls. If the Skulls spot you, try zig-zagging to avoid getting shot.

D-Walker - Tranquilize shot to distract the searchlight guard, ride up the hill, don’t get spotted, and get over the fence towards the door. Without chicken hat throw a smoke next to the door, dive, and after smoke has spread you can run in. With chicken hat, just fakel the guys outside and run in.

D-Horse Clip - It’s possible to clip into Code Talker’s room with the D-Horse.

Checkpoint after Code Talkers cutscene to skip the walking section. Call in chopper to the nearby LZ and get there. With good movement you’ll be there before the chopper.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Use the Gatling Gun to kill the skulls. The NV-Goggles can be rally useful as it helps to see trough the Skull's smoke. After you kill the Skulls bring Code Talker to the LZ and use the Phantom Cigar (if the Skull didn't disappear yet you'll need to Cigar Buffer).

Example by WizardHwK

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Wait a little bit before dropping off so you get a faster landing animation. Call in D-walker, manipulating his spawning with the camera. Ride through OKB Zero all the way to the stairs, you can ignore the guards. Before the stairs open iDroid, or hit a wall, to stop D-walker’s momentum and run up the stairs with D-walker. Get off and and run to the helipad and skip cutscenes at the end.

Example by MetsaMetsa

Tutorial by MetalGlennSolid

Run to D-walker and ride to a APC. Get on the APC and switch to the rockets. Drive the APC towards Sally while shooting the rockets then start reversing a little. You want to avoid the flamethrower and get the sword attack instead. Shoot at his open chest with the automatic cannon during the sword attack. When Sally is closing its chest, switch to missiles and shoot all of them at him. If everything goes perfectly it should put Sally into the “roaring” phase where the chest is open again, shoot at it with the automatic cannon. After a while shoot another salvo of missiles. After you’ve reached 50% of its health, if you’ve got a opportunity, shoot the white “tubes” on its back. Otherwise just prioritize Sally's chest to interrupt its movements and keep shooting the missiles. If Sally is still alive after your tank is destroyed, use D-Walker's Gatling Gun on the white “tubes” on Sally's back to finish it off. If you messed up bad, your APC is gone and Sally has too much HP, it can be faster to just reset.

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